Title | BRIDGE OF LIFE |
Brand | SAMSUNG LIFE INSURANCE |
Product / Service | SAMSUNG LIFE INSURANCE |
Category | B05. Public Service, Charity & Fund Raising |
Entrant | CHEIL WORLDWIDE Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Entrant Company | CHEIL WORLDWIDE Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Advertising Agency | CHEIL WORLDWIDE Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Name | Company | Position |
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Jaechul Lee | Giringreem | Director |
Youchan Shin | Producer | |
Dukwon Jang | Producer | |
Myeongjoon Joo | Ex Creative | Technical Designer |
Taejin Kang | Ex Creative | Technical Designer |
Chang-Hwa Yeo | Ex Creative | Technical Director |
Inyoung Lee | Cheil Worldwide | Account Executive |
Kyungtae Kim | Cheil Worldwide | Account Executive |
Jungho Park | Cheil Worldwide | Account Director |
Jieun Park | Cheil Worldwide | Copywriter |
Yongkyu Choi | Cheil Worldwide | Copywriter |
Yukyung Joo | Cheil Worldwide | Copywriter |
Youngjun Kim | Cheil Worldwide | Copywriter |
Jiyeon Choi | Cheil Worldwide | Art Director |
Minjoo Kim | Cheil Worldwide | Art Director |
Jaeyeon Kim | Cheil Worldwide | Art Director |
Hyungkyun Oh | Cheil Worldwide | Art Director |
Joohoon Lee | Cheil Worldwide | Creative Director |
Jeongkeun Yoo | Cheil Worldwide | Chief Creative Officer |
Since the opening of the Bridge of Life on Sep 26th, 2012, until today (Dec 20th, 2012), the suicide rate has dropped by 77%. The Bridge of Life has received widespread national coverage on TV and in newspapers with 177 reports, as well as global coverage in 8 different media (Reuters, Voice of America, China TV The Tokyo Times, etc.). About 11,000 posts about the Mapo Bridge have been shared on social networks, of which 92% are positive, and the brand image of Samsung Life Insurance has improved by 110%.
Our idea to stop and prevent the suicides on the Mapo Bridge was not installing a physical device to hinder the suicides, but to create an interactive bridge that would change the people’s minds through communication and a human touch. Our intention was to have the pedestrians keep reading the messages that were shown throughout the 2.2km of the Mapo Bridge through the ‘Bridge of Life’ installation, and eventually walk all the way to the other end without realizing it.
Suicides are especially frequent near the bridges over the Han River in Seoul. And among the 23 bridges, the ‘Mapo Bridge’ has the highest number of suicides. The brand slogan of Samsung Life Insurance, the #1 insurance company in Korea, is ‘People, Love’. Could there be any greater love than saving a person’s life? This is the world's first innovative suicide-preventing rail lighting system that uses digital technology (sensors and LEDs) with an analog touch (storytelling and copy lines).